Development and foundering of the Pliocene Santa Ines Archipelago in the Gulf of California: Baja California Sur, Mexico

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 318, Issue , 1997, Pages 25-38

  Simian, Maximino E ^a   Johnson, Markes E ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIME; LIMESTONE; MOLLUSCS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SHELLFISH; TOPOGRAPHY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; CARBONATE RAMPS; COMPUTER MODELING; EARLY PLIOCENE; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; LATE PLIOCENE; REFRACTED WAVES; WAVE REFRACTION;

SEA LEVEL;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGLOMERATE; ECHINODERM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SHORELINE; SHORELINE CHANGE; SILTSTONE; UNCONFORMITY; WAVE REFLECTION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MAGALLANES; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN MARCOS [GUATEMALA]; SANTA INES ISLAND; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ISG) SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 84870810626     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2318-3.25     Document Type: Article

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